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On Sunday, in its magazine section The New York Times today offered what it calls the backstory on its publication of the stolen WikiLeaks documents. It includes the intriguing fact that the White House didn’t try very hard to deter publication, but the report by executive editor Bill Keller mostly …

Today marks the birth of an independent South Sudan. The celebrating had already begun in the South Sudanese region of Northern el Bahr Ghazal, less than 50 miles from Darfur, when I departed on Wednesday. There was little for the new citizens to eat, no running water, or electricity. They …

Politics and the concept of original sin, or massa damnata, are two topics the main stream media rarely discuss side by side, but perhaps they should, considering all the political fallout over Herman Cain’s alleged sexual impropriety, not to mention Newt Gingrich’s past scandals involving two ex-wives. Of course, these …

Hollywood director Oliver Stone – who previously tried to rewrite history with his ultra-left conspiracy work of fiction “JFK” is at it again. But this time he’s not accusing the American government of murdering its own president. Instead, he’s simply trying to stop the “Jewish domination of the media,” so …

In 1978, the legendary Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes lost control of his emotions during a Gator Bowl game against Clemson and slugged the Clemson linebacker who had just made a critical interception that doomed a comeback effort by Ohio State with two minutes to go in the game. …

The end of the year is the right time for Republicans to revisit the lessons learned in 2010 and look forward to 2011. Several months ago, I recommended that Republican Party provide the American electorate with a calling card, a clear statement of what it stands for. The GOP delivered. …

Joran Van der Sloot confessed last night to the murder of Stephany Flores in Peru five years to the day after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Joran has confessed to killing Natalee at least three times, was arrested twice (and released) and most recently was extorting the Holloway family for …

For anyone who paid attention to last night’s primary election returns, the pattern that was established in earlier primary races this year, seemed to be the same, as was the message: “America is sick of Washington.”In a potential Alaska primary upset Joe Miller, a Tea Party favorite, will likely edge …

With progressives worried their hold on power may be tenuous, they are honing their attack on the driving power behind the rise of the Tea Party movement: conservative women. Former President Bill Clinton – of all people – was recently unleashed to pointedly criticize conservative women running for office across …

Thousands of miles from Fort Hood, there are soldiers fighting to win in Afghanistan. Winning there is a big, a really big, part of preventing the next Fort Hood. It was dead wrong of the White House not to acknowledge from the outset that the murderous outrage at a stateside …